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The accomplishments of athletes are every bit as impressive and legitimate as those of dancers, debaters, and oboists.

The far-right parties the White House favors have a foreign-policy agenda that won’t serve American interests.

Andy Masley is a writer and researcher focused on AI safety and policy, working on a grant from Coefficient Giving. His writing can be found on his Substack and website.

The president announced an agreement that appeared to satisfy all parties but came at a great cost.

Donald Trump’s attacks on the First Amendment ...

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A secret 15-year effort has produced genetic evidence that one of the nation’s Founders fathered children with a woman he enslaved.

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Suddenly the technology is sapping people’s concentration in a new way, one that abstaining from AI won’t fix.